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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Wow, based on your assessments of these two movies, I'm going to say that you have the worst taste in comedies I've ever seen.
You're basing the fact that The Hangover wasn't funny on it not being believeable, yet you use Observe and Report as an example of a funny movie (which presumably means you think it rings true).
Wow...just....wow.
That movie had about 8 seconds that were funny specifically "Why are you stopping M*****F*****" and when he shoots the guy, that's it, that's all that was funny.
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Whoa. You are jumping to conclusions. First of all, I think Observe and Report was extremely underrated. It was a spoof and a commentary on violence and the psychology behind "heroes" in films. Obviously, the actual scenes in Observe and Report were not realistic but it's commentary was very poignant. SPOILER ALERT For example, when Rogen let's his Latin colleague teach him "his way" of being a security guard and it ends up being beating up little kids, doing coke in the bathroom, and stealing things, I was laughing harder than I have in theaters in a long time. This scene points out that there really is some dark psychology behind action movies. It attacks the audience and the action genre in general by taking a bit farther than anyone is comfortable with. I love comedies and films in general that take risks and go places that others won't. /SPOILER ALERT
Perhaps I was too hard on the Hangover. I went with my girlfriend and two buddies but we were late so we had to sit apart. I probably would have enjoyed it more if I was with the guys after drinking a few, rather than sober and with my girlfriend. I also went after reading some good reviews so I had pretty high expectations. I should have gone in with the expectations of seeing an Adam Sandler type movie.
I enjoyed Galifinakis. His wolf speech and his best friends song was funny. But I didn't really like the other characters enjoyable or interesting besides Ed Helms and only ocassionally. I would have probably enjoyed the movie more if Vince Vaughn took the place of Bradley Cooper, who I can't stand. I realize it's not a movie to be taken seriously but I found it to be silly without the irony of the king of silly, Anchorman.
I'll give a second viewing though with a better attitude.